Soldiers, Martyrs, Traitors, and Exiles: Political Conflict in Eritrea and the Diaspora (The Ethnography of Political Violence)

by Tricia Redeker Hepner (Author)

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Soldiers, Martyrs, Traitors, and Exiles is an exploration of the Eritrean struggle for independence from Ethiopia, waged from 1961 to 1991, and the postindependence nation-building project. The book focuses on the way the Eritrean revolution drew refugees and exiles in the urban United States and nationalist guerrilla fighters in the Horn of Africa together in a common, yet contested, political agenda.

Through a combination of ethnography and creative exposition, anthropologist Tricia Redeker Hepner recounts the experiences of Eritreans in their homeland and in the United States, illuminating the lives of men and women who participated in the independence movement. Highlighting both the personal and institutional dimensions of political transformation and struggle, the book provides insight into how the transnational nature of the Eritrean revolution shaped diaspora communities and the nation-state, enhancing authoritarian rule while also inspiring resistance movements for democratization and human rights.

Soldiers, Martyrs, Traitors and Exiles provides a moving and trenchant critique of political intolerance and violence, as well as an inspiring portrait of the strength and resilience of a people whose lives have been profoundly shaped by war, forced migration, and the promises and failures of nationalism in the global era.

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Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press (July 14, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0812241711
ISBN-13: 978-0812241716
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.1 x 9.1 inches
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Great book. Lots to relate for those who are ...

By Amazon Customer on February 5, 2016

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Great book. Lots to relate for those who are from that region ( Eritrea). Thanks for writing this book on behalf of Eritreans. The book also came in good shape. No damages.

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A ground-breaking contribution

By D. R. Mekonnen on March 11, 2013

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Eritrea displays remarkable characteristics of extra-territorialism. As such, it is one of the best examples of the phenomenon of transnationalism. And Tricia Redeker Hepner is the leading authority on transnational nationalism in the Eritrean context. She has proven this in several of her publications. What she does in this book (Soldiers, Martyrs, Traitors, and Exiles) is just a lucid continuation of her long-time engagement with Eritrea. Her book is not only stimulating but also original account. It is a must-read for all who want to understand why Eritrea has become the opposite of what it sought to avoid when it gained de facto independence in 1991 and de jure statehood in 1993. The book is an enthralling account of a once promising African country, which has now become the victim of a home-grown authoritarian rule - in less than a decade after it defeated consecutive repressive regimes of Ethiopia. Hepner aptly demonstrates that transnationalism was one of the strong components of the liberation struggle in Eritrea. In the post-independence era, transnationalism has become one of the major liabilities of the country in that it has enabled the Eritrean state (and/or the People's Front for Democracy and Justice, PFDJ) to effectively enforce its hegemonic ideology with remarkable levels of uniformity in Eritrea proper and its diaspora communities. The book is based on rich ethnographic and historical data as well as the personal experience of the writer, who has spent considerable amount of time doing research inside Eritrea and in Eritrean diaspora communities. This book is a major source for anyone who wants to have a holistic understanding of the phenomenon of transnationalism in the Eritrean context. On this particular topic, Hepner's book is a ground-breaking contribution. The book is also a good starting point for comparative enquiry on other experiences of transnationalism.
Daniel R. Mekonnen, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast

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A Five Star Analysis

By Africana on October 31, 2012

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Soldiers, Martyrs, Traitors, and Exiles: Political Conflict in Eritrea and the Diaspora by Dr Tricia R. Hepner is the most rigorously researched, well-argued and comprehensive book ever published on Eritrea's political history and post-liberation challenges. Tricia has produced a five-star, seminal study that is, without doubt, at the cutting-edge of qualitative research methods in political anthropology and the social sciences in general. The book is a MUST READ for all students of political conflict and peacebuilding in Africa, as well as to everyone desiring to improve their skills in qualitative research and methods of analysis.

Kenneth Omeje, Professor of International Relations, United States International University, Nairobi, Kenya

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Soldiers, Martyrs, Traitors and Exiles: Political Conflict in Eritrea and the Diaspora.

By wedibatzae on May 2, 2011

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Soldiers, Martyrs, Traitors and Exiles: Political Conflict in Eritrea and the Diaspora is written by an American academic who has not set foot in Eritrea for a decade now and is almost completely unknown in the Horn of African communities both at home and in the diaspora. Eritrean academics with any following in the large, very active Eritrean community abroad will not co-author or even peer review her work and this latest publication is no exception.
This work is not to be trusted, based on a biased and distorted picture of reality on the ground in Eritrea that has soured all this authors work for the past decade now.
Worse than a waste of time, a nasty bit of disinformation that is rightly shunned by those in the know, the Eritrean themselves.

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